Thursday, May 06, 2010

Top 11 New United Nations Military Honors

The United Nations is contemplating unveiling a new military honor around the new military virtue of Courageous Restraint.

Those who back the idea hope it will provide troops with another incentive to think twice before calling in an air strike or firing at an approaching vehicle if civilians could be at risk.

Most military awards in the past have been given for things like soldiers taking out a machine-gun nest or saving their buddies in a firefight, said U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Michael Hall, the senior NATO enlisted man in Afghanistan.

"We are now considering how we look at awards differently," he said

Here are several other awards the military is considering in this new era.

11. The 90% of Success Medal: Awarded to soldiers who voluntarily return from AWOL

10. Allah-lu-yah Sharpshooter Crescent: awarded to any Muslim US officer who is able to mow down 10 or more of his unsuspecting fellow soldiers at one time